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US 2014/0006191 A1Published application
Wireless Client Transaction Systems And Related Methods
AssigneeGreen Dot Corporation
InventorsPravin Shankar, Steven William Streit, Samuel Harris Altman
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Abstract
Embodiments of wireless client transaction systems are described herein. Other embodiments and related methods are also disclosed herein.
Claims28
A system comprising:
- a client ID module comprising:
- a scanning module is configured to:
- scan a wireless channel set at a business locale for wireless signals of a registered customer set;
- identify, out of the wireless signals, first wireless packets of a first client of the registered customer set;
- and
- calculate a first client signal strength of the first wireless packets;
- and
- a localization module configured to:
- calculate whether the first client is at a transaction area of the business locale based on the first client signal strength and without reliance on NFC technology.
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A method comprising:
- providing a client ID module;
- and
- providing at least one of:
- a training module;
- or
- a point of service module;
- wherein:
- the client ID module comprises:
- a scanning module configured to:
- scan a wireless channel set at a business locale for wireless signals of a registered customer set;
- identify, out of the wireless signals, first wireless packets of a first client of the registered customer set;
- and
- calculate a first client signal strength of the first wireless packets;
- and
- a localization module configured to:
- calculate whether the first client is at a transaction area of the business locale based on the first client signal strength and without reliance on NFC technology;
- the training module is configured to generate a first signal strength chart of a portion of the business locale for a first reference device type, against which first signal strength chart the localization module can compare the first client signal strength to locate the first client;
- and
- the POS module is configured to present, at the transaction area, a user interface comprising a first transaction option correlated to the first client based on the calculation by the localization module of whether the first client is at the transaction area.
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A method for transacting with wireless clients, the method comprising:
- scanning, via a scanning module, a wireless channel set at a business locale for wireless signals of a registered customer set;
- identifying via the scanning module, out of the wireless signals, first wireless packets of a first client of the registered customer set;
- calculating, via the scanning module, a first client signal strength of the first wireless packets;
- and
- calculating, via a localization module, whether the first client is at a transaction area of the business locale based on the first client signal strength and without reliance on NFC technology.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.